diff --git a/internal/metadata/version.go b/internal/metadata/version.go
index ecac17b..13b8f6e 100644
--- a/internal/metadata/version.go
+++ b/internal/metadata/version.go
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
 package metadata
 
-import "strings"
+import (
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+)
 
-// This will be overwritten by goreleaser on build
-var GoTomatoVersion = "devel"                                // The GoTomato version
+func getVersion() string {
+	content, _ := os.ReadFile("version.txt")
+	version := strings.TrimSpace(string(content))
+
+	return version
+}
+
+var GoTomatoVersion = getVersion()                           // The GoTomato version
 var ProtocolVersion = strings.Split(GoTomatoVersion, ".")[0] // The protocol version
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d64531f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+devel